windowblind themes help

October 15, 2004 6:42 PM from

when i download a theme where do i unzip it to to make it work HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!

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Reply #1 October 15, 2004 6:46 PM from

Hiya evco21....please be more specific...what type of theme or skin are you downloading? All themes and skins need specific software to run and at the top of every library page is a link for the software to run the theme or skin

Reply #2 October 15, 2004 6:52 PM from

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i have tryed to download window blind themes and desktopx themes i got both programes
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Reply #3 October 15, 2004 7:00 PM from

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if you are using XP with SP2....on some systems the file extensions are renamed *zip by XP. For window blind skins rename skin.zip to skin.wba then click on the *wba file to install. For desktopX themes, the file extension should be *dxtheme and again just click on it after renaming it.

Reply #4 October 15, 2004 7:13 PM from

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sorry im stuiped how do i do that?

Reply #5 October 15, 2004 7:20 PM from

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right-click on the the zip file and choose rename. You'll be asked if you want to do this, click yes. After renaming the file, click on it and it will install automatically.

Reply #6 October 15, 2004 7:28 PM from

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before or after i unzip it? and if i havent said it yet tkx very much for the help

Reply #7 October 15, 2004 7:33 PM from

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No problem

After you download it, rename it. No need to unzip at all

Reply #8 October 15, 2004 7:36 PM from

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so i download it and save it to my desktop then right click on it and rename it then double click on it right?

Reply #9 October 15, 2004 7:39 PM from

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if thats right i dont understand because when i tryed it my winzip opened up and wanted to unzip it

Reply #10 October 15, 2004 7:40 PM from

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Go into Control Panel/Folder Options/View and uncheck 'Hide Known File Extensions' or you'll be renaming that file forever.

Reply #11 October 15, 2004 7:44 PM from

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you'll be renaming that file forever.

Very good point...I gotta remember that...I forget that by default XP hides everything

Reply #12 October 15, 2004 7:48 PM from

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taht work but 2 more things then i will leave you alone one where do i save then at and 2 the vs worked but the the wallpapers not the know why?

Reply #13 October 15, 2004 8:07 PM from

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If the WB skin included a wallpaper. Go to it's folder in WindowBlinds and you will find it there. If your skin is working, there is nothing to save. You can either delete the .wba file or back it up on another part of your disk in case you need to reinstall it.

Reply #14 October 15, 2004 8:15 PM from

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ok one more thing i promise what do i rename suites to? and tkx again for all the help

Reply #15 October 15, 2004 8:20 PM from

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If you are talking about Winstyles/ThemeManager suites that would be *suite...glad to help...partially at least

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